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| | Address | | Canal Place, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000 | | New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-6534 | | (Orleans Parish) | | | |
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| Reviser of the Louisiana Law Digest for this Directory. | Phelps Dunbar LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Admiralty; Appellate Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Biotechnology; Business and Finance; The Coca-Cola Company; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate and Securities; Employee Benefits; Energy and Minerals; Environmental; Gaming; Health Care; Insurance and Reinsurance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Legislative and Governmental Relations; Municipal Finance; Oil and Gas; Products Liability; Public Utilities and Electric Power; Railroad; Real Estate; Regulatory and Governmental Matters; Tax; Tort Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Trusts and Estates; and White Collar Criminal Defense. | | Year Established: 1853 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1853 in New Orleans, Phelps Dunbar LLP is one of the oldest law firms in the South. At the same time, the progressive partnership has taken initiatives to transform the firm into a regional law firm with a practice that is international in scope. As a result of this transformation, Phelps Dunbar now has offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England. Through a network of regional offices, clients have access to more than 250 attorneys representing an extensive and diverse range of talent and experience. No matter how intricate a client's legal needs, Phelps Dunbar's professional depth and experience allow the firm to provide accessible, cost-effective, prompt service to all clients. We are proud of the legal abilities and the personal qualities of our attorneys. Among past and present members, we count a United States Ambassador, a Chief of Protocol of the United States, two Judges of the United States District Court, a United States Attorney, three Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a Louisiana Appellate Court Judge, a Presiding Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, two Associate Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court, a City Attorney, a President of the American Bar Association, two Presidents of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, four Presidents of the Louisiana State Bar Association, two Presidents of The Mississippi Bar, three university board Presidents, and a law school Chancellor. | | Firm Size: 254 | Representative Clients:
Altria Group, Inc. FKA Philip Morris Incorporated; AmSouth Bancorporation; BancorpSouth Bank; Bank of America; Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc.; The Britannia Steamship Insurance Assn., Ltd.; Capital One Financial Corporation; Cleco Corporation; Credit Suisse First Boston; Dillard Department Stores; Dow Chemical USA; Edison Chouest Offshore; Entergy Louisiana, Inc.; Fairfield Industries, Inc.; Frito-Lay, Inc.; GATX Corp.; General Motors Corporation; Georgia Pacific Corporation; GlaxoSmithKline; Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.; J.P. Morgan Chase & Company; Kmart Corporation; Laitram Corporation; Louisiana Lottery Corporation; Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation; Lundy Enterprises, Inc.; North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. (and affiliated entities); L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace; Rolls-Royce North America; Rubicon Inc.; Scottsdale Insurance Company; Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company; Steamship Mutual Underwriting Assn., Ltd.; Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd.; Tenet Healthcare Corporation; Thibodaux Regional Medical Center; The Tribune Company; Trustmark National Bank; Underwriters at Lloyd's London; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Viking Range Corporation; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Zurich Reinsurance (London), Ltd. |
Other Office Locations of Phelps Dunbar LLP
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
London, England
| | PARTNERS | | Lee R. Adler (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, New York; 1992, Louisiana. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1985); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member: New York State, New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking; Business; Real Estate. Email: Lee R. Adler | | M. Nan Alessandra (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 13, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana; 1993, Texas. Education: Hunter College of the City University of New York (1975-1977); University of New Orleans (B.A., 1982); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Member, Loyola Law Review, 1983-1985. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008. Listed in Chambers (USA) America's Leading Business Lawyers for Employment, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. Law Clerk to the Hon. A.J. McNamara, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1985-1986. Member, American Arbitration Association and Panelist for their Panel of Neutrals in Mediation and Arbitration. Member: New Orleans, Fifth Circuit, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Thomas More Inn of Court (Barrister). Practice Areas: Employment and Labor; Employment Litigation and Arbitration; Constitutional Law; Civil Rights; Business Litigation; ERISA Litigation. Email: M. Nan Alessandra | | Jane E. Armstrong (Partner) born St. Paul, Minnesota, July 31, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1982, Louisiana. Education: San Diego State University (A.B., with distinction, 1974); Tulane University Law School; Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1979). Order of the Coif. Member, Estate Planning Institute, Tulane University School of Law. Member: Louisiana State and American (Member: Employee Benefits Committee, Section of Taxation, 1982—; Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1981—; Vice Chair, Plan Administration, Investment and Litigation Committee, 1987-1991) Bar Associations; Southeast Benefits Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2005-2007); National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Executive Compensation; Employee Benefits. Email: Jane E. Armstrong | | Barbara L. Arras (Partner) born Charlotte, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois; 1987, Louisiana; 1997, Texas. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., departmental honors, 1971); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1977). Mortar Board. Author: "What Is This Thing Called RADS? - Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome," For the Defense, Vol. 42, No. 6, p. 52 (June 2000). Speaker: "Using 21st Century Science to Control Damages," DRI Damages Seminar (March 2005); "Limited Only By Your Diseased Imagination: Emerging Toxic Torts in America," 8th Section Fall Meeting, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (September 2000). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute (Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Tort. Email: Barbara L. Arras | | Robert J. Barbier (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 7, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1968); Loyola University (J.D., 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: New Orleans (Member, Executive Board, 1976-1979) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Chairman, 2003). Practice Areas: Admiralty. Email: Robert J. Barbier | | Brent B. Barriere (Partner) born Washington, D.C., August 13, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; 2001, Texas. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., Honors, 1977); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1979-1980, and Articles Editor, 1980-1981, Tulane Law Review. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Member, Committee on Business Bankruptcies and Subcommittee on Chapter 11 Reorganizations) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Creditors' Rights. Email: Brent B. Barriere | | Kim M. Boyle (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 22, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1984); University of Virginia (J.D., 1987). Regional Semi-Finalist, National Moot Court Team, National Trial Lawyer's Association Competition. Recipient, Earl Warren Legal Training Scholarship. Professional: Adjunct Professor, Loyola University School of Law, Fall 2000; Assistant Professor of Law, Loyola University School of Law, 1993-1995. Member: New Orleans (President, 2002-2003), Louisiana State (Member, 1997-2000 and Treasurer, 2004-2006, Board of Governors), Federal (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2007) and American (Member: Litigation Section; Metropolitan Bar Caucus, Executive Committee, 2004—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; General Litigation. Email: Kim M. Boyle | | Patrick J. Butler, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Duke University (J.D., with honors, 1986). Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; Banking. Email: Patrick J. Butler, Jr. | | Michael M. Butterworth (Partner) born Walnut Creek, California, October 11, 1957; admitted to bar, 1989, Washington; 1992, Louisiana. Education: California Maritime Academy (B.S., 1980); Tulane University (J.D., 1989). Advisory Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 1990—. Adjunct Professor, Tulane University Law School: "Carriage of Goods by Sea," 2002—; "Maritime Liens," 2006—. Master, 1600 Tons, Oceans, Radar Endorsement, STCW Certified, 1984—. Member: Louisiana State and Washington State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Association of Average Adjusters of the United States. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Admiralty. Email: Michael M. Butterworth | | Philip deV. Claverie, Sr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 29, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Louisiana. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1963); Tulane University (J.D., 1966). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Index Editor, 1964-1965, and Assistant Editor, 1965-1966, Tulane Law Review. Author: Louisiana Commercial Financing Forms-Practice (Reed-Elsevier Publishers), 1991. Honorary Consul of Finland. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American Law Institute; Louisiana State Law Institute. Fellow: American and Louisiana Bar Foundations. Practice Areas: Banking; Commercial; Real Estate. Email: Philip deV. Claverie, Sr. | | Rebecca Y. Cooper (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, Certificate in Maritime Studies, 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Louisiana Torts. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations. (Also at London, England Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Maritime. Email: Rebecca Y. Cooper | | Richard N. Dicharry (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1975); Boston University (LL.M., 1978). Blue Key. Member, Loyola Moot Court Board, 1974-1975. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. (Also at London, England Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage. Email: Richard N. Dicharry | | Mark C. Dodart (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., 1983); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Member, 1984-1985, and Editor-in-Chief, 1985-1986, Louisiana Law Review. Member: Louisiana State, Federal and Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Tort Litigation; Class Actions; Asbestos Litigation; Premises Liability; Admiralty. Email: Mark C. Dodart | | Mark A. Fullmer (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 28, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.S., 1976); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1976). Recognized as a leading practitioner in Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate and Securities Law in New Orleans, Louisiana in "The Best Lawyers in America," "Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business," and "Louisiana Super Lawyers." Beta Alpha Psi; Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1975-1976. Member: Board of Directors, Greater New Orleans Venture Capital Club, 1987-1989; Venture Network, 1996-1998. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1988-1989, Vice-Chairman, 1989-1990 and Chairman, 1990-1991, Corporation and Business Law Section); Louisiana Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Committee, 1984-1986). Practice Areas: Securities; Banking; Corporate; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Mark A. Fullmer | | George M. Gilly (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, October 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1979). Order of the Coif. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Oilfield and Marine Contracts; Insurance Coverage; Mediations. Email: George M. Gilly | | Cecile L. Gordon (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, December 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Newcomb College (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Member, 1989-1990, and Senior Associate Editor, 1990-1991, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk to The Hon. Walter F. Marcus, Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1991-1992. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Healthcare Financial Management Association; American Health Lawyers Association; Louisiana Hospital Association; Women's Healthcare Executive Network; Association for Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate. Email: Cecile L. Gordon | | George B. Hall, Jr. (Partner) born Alexandria, Louisiana, July 8, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana; 1992, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1977); University of Tennessee (M.S.P., 1973). Member, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1975-1977. Member: State Bar of Texas, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage and Litigation. Email: George B. Hall, Jr. | | Stephen P. Hall (Partner) born Alexandria, Louisiana, May 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana; 2006, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1980; J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Order of the Coif. Member, 1981-1982, and Research Editor, 1982-1983, The Maritime Lawyer. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. (Also at Houston, Texas and London, England Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Environmental Insurance Litigation; Asbestos Litigation. Email: Stephen P. Hall | | Gary A. Hemphill (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, July 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1978); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Associate Editor, American Maritime Cases). Practice Areas: Admiralty. Email: Gary A. Hemphill | | Sessions Ault Hootsell III (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, February 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 2001, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1983; J.D., 1986). Co-Author: "Bankrupt Principal: Defining Construction Surety's Interest in Contract Balances," Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 58, No. 1, January, 1991. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Bankruptcy Institute. (Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy/Creditors Rights; Business Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Sessions Ault Hootsell III | | David M. Korn (Partner) born Wellesley, Massachusetts, April 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana; 2000, Texas. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1989; J.D., cum laude, 1992). Finalist, Moot Court Competition, 1990. Legal Research and Writing Instructor, Tulane University, 1991-1992. Assistant to Professor, Tulane University, 1991-1992. Adjunct Faculty, Tulane University of Law School, 2004. Contributing Editor, Employment Discrimination Law, Third Edition. Co-Author: Labor and Employment in Louisiana, Second Edition, LEXIS Law Publishing (1998-2000). Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, Committee for Liaison with EEOC and OFCCP). Practice Areas: Employment; Labor. Email: David M. Korn | | Kevin J. LaVie (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1981; J.D., 1984). Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Kevin J. LaVie | | David B. Lawton (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, August 15, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Louisiana. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1973); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Civil Litigation. Email: David B. Lawton | | John P. Manard, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 17, 1948; admitted to bar, 1971, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (1966-1968; J.D., 1971; LL.M. in Environmental Law, 1999). Chapter Co-Author: "Toxic Tort Litigation," published January 2007; "Mass Torts - Managing Tort Crisis on Multiple Fronts," American Bar Association annual joint seminar by the Litigation Section's Mass Torts, Environmental Litigation and Products Liability Committees, Vail, Colorado (January 2006); "Class Action Countdown: What's Hot on the Class Litigation Front," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation and the Center for Continuing Legal Education, 9th Annual National Institute on Class Actions, San Francisco, California (October 2005); "Katrina: We Won't Talk About Camille Any More," presentation to the Fall Meeting of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Nashville, Tennessee (October 2005); Moderator, "Class Actions and the Law of Unintended Consequences: How Lawyers in the Real World React to Changes in Procedural and Substantive Rules," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation and the Center for Continuing Legal Education, 10th Annual National Institute on Class Actions, San Diego, California (October 2006); "Novel Mass Tort Resolution Techniques," 4th Annual Class Action/Mass Torts Symposium, Louisiana State Bar Association (October 2003). Member: Louisiana State (Environment Law Section) and American (Co-Chair, Mass Torts Committee, Litigation Section; Chair, Book Publications Committee, 2002-2003 and Chair, Fall Meeting, 2001, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources) Bar Associations; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; American Health Lawyers Association; Louisiana Bar Foundation (Grants Committee, 2004-2005); CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) New Orleans (dealing with abandoned and neglected children, President 2003-2005); New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute (Member, Board of Directors, 2004-2005); Greater New Orleans, Inc. (Member, Board of Directors, 2008—). Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Toxic Tort Litigation; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Environmental Litigation. Email: John P. Manard, Jr. | | Robert P. McCleskey, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, June 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Louisiana; 1992, Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (J.D., 1979). Delta Theta Phi. Adjunct Faculty, Tulane Law School, 1996-2007. Member: Fifth Circuit and Louisiana State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Defense Research Institute; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Director, 1984-1986; 1996-1997). Practice Areas: Maritime Defense and Litigation; Contract and Charter Counseling and Litigation; Insurance Defense and Coverage Litigation. Email: Robert P. McCleskey, Jr. | | Evans Martin McLeod (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana; 1998, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.S., 1991); Loyola University (J.D., 1996). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Energy. Email: Evans Martin McLeod | | Allen C. Miller (Partner) born 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana. Education: Xavier University (B.A., 1995); Southern University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, Southern University Law Review and Moot Court Board. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Louis A. Martinet Legal Society; Metropolitan Area Council. [U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1992-2000]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Torts. Email: Allen C. Miller | | Susie Morgan (Partner) born Winnsboro, Louisiana, April 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana, Monroe (B.A., 1974; M.A., 1976); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1980). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Author: "Workers' Compensation: The Effect of Employer Negligence on Third Party Suits," 41 Louisiana Law Review 101, 1980. Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1980-1981. Chair, Supreme Court of Louisiana Court Rules Committee, 2002—. Member: Shreveport (Secretary-Treasurer, 1986), Fifth Federal Circuit, Louisiana State (Member, House of Delegates, 1988-2002; Chair, Court Rules Committee, 1997-2002) and American Bar Associations; Shreveport Association of Women Attorneys (President, 1983). Fellow: American Bar Foundation and Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Municipal Bonds; Oil and Gas; Real Estate; Business Law. Email: Susie Morgan | | Thomas Kent Morrison (Partner) born 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Louisiana. Education: University of Georgia (B.S., 1995); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member, Moot Court Board, 1997-1998. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; Maritime Law Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Marine Insurance Coverage. Email: Thomas Kent Morrison | | David L. Patrón (Partner) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1990); Stanford University (J.D., 1993). Editor, Stanford Law Review. Adjunct Faculty, Tulane Law School, 1994-2003. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Bankruptcy Creditors' Rights; Securities; Media; Antitrust; Energy. Email: David L. Patrón | | Katherine Karam Quirk (Partner) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, September 11, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to The Hon. Donald E. Walter, Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1994-1995. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. (Also at London, England Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Counseling; Insurance Litigation. Email: Katherine Karam Quirk | | Christopher K. Ralston (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1992); Tulane University (J.D., 1999). Justice, Moot Court Board. Member, National Appellate Moot Court Team. Member, Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Law Clerk to The Hon. Eldon E. Fallon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1999-2000. Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2006, Louisiana State Bar Association. Member: New Orleans (Chair, Young Lawyers Section), Louisiana State, Federal, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Securities Litigation; Intellectual Property; Appellate. Email: Christopher K. Ralston | | William J. Riviere (Partner) born Thibodaux, Louisiana, November 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Nicholls State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1987); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Staff Member, Georgetown Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, 1988-1990. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Insurance Coverage; Maritime. Email: William J. Riviere | | Harry Rosenberg (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., 1969); Tulane University (J.D., 1972). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, 1970-1971, and Associate Editor, 1971-1972, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk to The Hon. Jack M. Gordon, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1972-1974. United States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1990-1993. Member, Attorney General Advisory Committees on Environmental Crimes, Public Corruption and Controlled Substances. Member, Former United States Attorneys Association. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Counsel Association; Louisiana Bar Foundation; National Association of Criminal Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Counsel; Orleans Public Defenders Board. Practice Areas: Business Torts; Trial Practice; Criminal. Email: Harry Rosenberg | | Mary Ellen Roy (Partner) born Lafayette, Louisiana, May 8, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Harvard Women's Law Journal, 1982-1983. Co-Author: Louisiana Outline, Media Law Resource Center Survey of Media Privacy and Related Law, 1999—; Media Law Resource Center Survey of Employment Libel and Privacy Law, Louisiana, 1999—; "Tapping Officials' Secrets: The Door to Open Government in Louisiana," The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Fourth Edition, 2001. Author: "Reporter's Privilege Compendium," Louisiana Outline, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (2002 Inaugural Edition). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2003—. Louisiana Super Lawyers (2007 Inaugural Issue). At-Large Member and Executive Committee, State of Louisiana Board of Regents. Member: New Orleans (Member, Intellectual Property Law Committee), Louisiana State (Former Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section), Federal and American (Governing Board, Communications Law Forum; Member, First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee and Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, Litigation Section; Media Law and Defamation Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations; Association for Women Attorneys. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Media; Intellectual Property; Business Litigation. Email: Mary Ellen Roy | | Bruce V. Schewe (Partner) born Fort Polk, Louisiana, October 5, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1981). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Antitrust. Member, 1979- 1980, and Executive Editor, 1980-1981, Louisiana Law Review. Law Clerk to The Hon. Henry A. Politz, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981-1982. Lecturer, Contracts, Sales and Leases, Civil Law Seminar and Trusts, Loyola University School of Law, 1983-1993. Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Fifth Circuit, Federal and American (Former Co-Chair, Securities Arbitrations Subcommittee, Securities Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; Louisiana Bankers Association; Association Henri Capitant. [1st Lt., U.S. Army and Louisiana Army National Guard, 1978-1983]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Arbitrations; Appellate; Copyrights; Securities; Energy; Antitrust. Email: Bruce V. Schewe | | Jay Russell Sever (Partner) born Fresno, California, September 30, 1964; admitted to bar, 1993, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1995, Louisiana. Education: University of Maryland, College Park (B.S., 1986); Tulane University (J.D., 1991). Member, 1989-1990, and Senior Notes and Comments Editor, 1990-1991, Tulane Law Review. Law Clerk to The Hon. F.A. Little, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1991-1992. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. (Also at London, England Office). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Litigation. Email: Jay Russell Sever | | Hugh Ramsay Straub (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 28, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Louisiana. Education: State University of New York Maritime College (B.S., 1969); Tulane University (J.D., 1974). Second Mate Unlimited, Radar Endorsement, 1973—. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Association of Average Adjusters of the United States. Practice Areas: Admiralty. Email: Hugh Ramsay Straub | | James A. Stuckey (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 4, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana. Education: Davidson College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1980); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Eta Sigma; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, 1981-1982, and Articles Editor, 1982-1983, Tulane Law Review. Author: "Louisiana's Non-Uniform Variations in U.C.C. Chapter 9," 62 La. L. Rev. (2002). Law Clerk to The Hon. Walter F. Marcus, Jr., Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1983-1984. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Louisiana Law Institute (Member, Security Devices Committee, Oil Well Lien Act Committee, Component Parts Committee, Single Business Enterprise Committee, and Reporter, Uniform Commercial Code Committee); Louisiana Bankers Association (President, Bank Counsel Committee, 2001-2002; Board Member, 1999-2008; Chairman, Security Devices Subcommittee, 1989-1993). Practice Areas: Secured Transactions; Business; Real Estate; Oil and Gas Financing. Email: James A. Stuckey | | Brian D. Wallace (Partner) born Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 28, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Louisiana. Education: Saint Mary's University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1984); Tulane University (LL.M. in Admiralty, with distinction, 1985). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of Canada; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Subcommittees on Marine Financing and Recreational Boating); International Association of Gaming Attorneys; American Bar Association (Co-Chairman of International Law Section's Canada Committee). Practice Areas: Admiralty Litigation; Maritime Financing and Transactions; Gaming. Email: Brian D. Wallace | | Alan C. Wolf (Partner) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 8, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Alabama (Inactive); 1975, District of Columbia (Inactive); 1985, Louisiana. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (A.B., 1968); University of Alabama (J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. National Moot Court Team. Author: "Conducting Internal Investigations for Public Utilities," Public Utilities Section, Louisiana State Bar Association, Baton Rouge, 2003; "FERC Enforcement of Affiliate Rules," Edison Electric Institute, Washington, D.C., 2003. Senior Trial Attorney, Office of the General Counsel-Electric Rates Section, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 1977-1980. Vice President and General Counsel, Mid Louisiana Gas Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981-1984. Member, Advisory Council, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, 1987-1990. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal Energy (Director, 1989-1992; Chairman, Natural Gas Rates Committee, 1986-1987; President, New Orleans Chapter, 1986-1987) and American (Council Member, 1996-2000; Chairman, Electric Power Committee of the Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section, 1994-1996) Bar Associations; Edison Electric Institute (Member, Legal Committee, 1997—). Practice Areas: Administrative; Electric Utilities; Natural Gas Utilities; Energy. Email: Alan C. Wolf | | COUNSEL | | Neil C. Abramson (Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1989); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1992). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Louisiana Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Frank J. Polozola, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, 1992-1993. Member, Louisiana State Law Institute, 1994, 1996-1997, 2008—. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American (Vice-Chair, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Subcommittee) Bar Associations; New Orleans Inn of Court; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Bar Association of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Coverage; Admiralty. Email: Neil C. Abramson | | Charles F. Lozes (Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 20, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University; Tulane University (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Presiding Judge, Tulane Moot Court Board, 1971-1972. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Admiralty. Email: Charles F. Lozes | | Pamela G. Michiels (Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 12, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Newcomb College of Tulane University (B.A., 1985); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: Louisiana State (Member, Public Information Committee) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance and Reinsurance. | | Wendy Russell Mullins (Counsel) born Dover, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1991); Mississippi College (J.D., with distinction, 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Business Law Section); Mississippi Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association; Women Corporate Counsel Networking Group. (Resident, Jackson, Mississippi Office). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Corporate. | | Daniel T. Pancamo (Counsel) born Queens, New York, October 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1989, Louisiana. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., 1980); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales; Construction; Asset Purchases and Sales; Contracts; Commercial Transactions; Leasing and Finance. Email: Daniel T. Pancamo | | Maria N. Rabieh (Counsel) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 5, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Political Science and French, 1988; J.D., 1991). Law Clerk to the Honorable Charles Grisbaum, Jr., Louisiana Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1991-1993. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Association for Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: Insurance and Reinsurance; Toxic Tort Litigation. | | ASSOCIATES | | Bart C. Bacigalupi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2004); Loyola University (J.D., 2007). Member: Order of Barristers; Moot Court; St. Thomas Inn of Court. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business. | | Harry M. Barton (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2001; J.D., 2005). Member, Louisiana Law Review; Officer, Louisiana State Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section. Member: AIPLA. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Antitrust; Trademarks; Copyrights; Patents. Email: Harry M. Barton | | Nora Bolling Bilbro (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1990; J.D., 1994). Member, Moot Court Board. First Place, Moot Court Competition. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Tort Litigation. Email: Nora Bolling Bilbro | | Karen J. Blakemore (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.S., 1987); Louisiana State University (M.S., 1992; J.D., 2007; B.C.L., 2007). Member, Moot Court. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. (Resident, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Melanie Kaye Breaux (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.S.M., cum laude, 1997); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, Certificate in Civil and Common Law, 2001). Member, Loyola Law Review. William L. Crowe Sr. Scholar. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business; Finance. Email: Melanie Kaye Breaux | | Jacqueline Marie Brettner (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts; Supreme Court of Louisiana. Education: University of Florida (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Queen Mary School of Law, London (Certificate in International Business Union Law, 2005); Tulane University (J.D., 2006). Senior Justice, Moot Court. Member, Business and International Law Society. Member: New Orleans (Member, Young Lawyers Section), Louisiana State and Federal Bar Associations; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation. | | P. Christopher Bynog (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Louisiana; 1998, Texas. Education: Centenary College (B.A., 1991); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1996). Member, Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to The Hon. Charles B. Peatross, Judge, Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, 1996-1998; to The Hon. Carl J. Barbier, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1998-1999. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage. Email: P. Christopher Bynog | | Colin Cambre (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 2004); Loyola University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty. | | Philip deV. Claverie, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1999); Loyola University (J.D., 2004). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, American and Energy Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking; Commercial; Real Estate; Business. Email: Philip deV. Claverie, Jr. | | Jill A. Czapla (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Missouri, Columbia (B.A., 1992); Loyola University (J.D., 2005). Member, Loyola Maritime Law Journal. Recipient, Law Excellence Award - Common Law Contracts for Civil Law Students. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance and Reinsurance. | | Brandon E. Davis (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2005); Tulane University (J.D., 2005). Associate Justice, Moot Court Board. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Immigration; Business Immigration. Email: Brandon E. Davis | | Katie L. Dysart (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Loyola Univeristy (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004; J.D., 2007). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance and Reinsurance. | | Susan Eccles (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 2002; J.D., cum laude, 2005). Law and Poverty, Law Excellence Award. Real Estate Society, Charter Member. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation. | | Amy Kebert Elder (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Choctaw Tribal Courts. Education: University of Mississippi (B.S., 1980; J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association; International Association of Gaming Advisors. (Resident, Jackson, Mississippi Office). Practice Areas: Business. | | Tracey Elizabeth Flemings (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.A., cum laude, 1991; J.D., 1994). Member, Moot Court Staff, 1992-1994. Comment Editor, Poverty Law Journal, 1993-1994. Recipient: City Business Leadership in Law Award (2008); The Loyola University Gillis Long Public Service Award, The Distinguished Service Pro Bono Volunteer Award (2003, 2004, and 2006); The Martinet Young Leadership Award. Law Clerk to The Hon. Ivan L.R. Lemelle, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2000. Volunteer Attorney, New Orleans Pro Bono Project-Child In Need of Care Program. Member: Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Hearing Committee (2002-2007); Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, Inc.; Board of Directors, Contemporary Arts Center. Institute of Politics Fellow, 2004. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Products Liability Defense. Email: Tracey Elizabeth Flemings | | Pablo Gonzalez (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: University of the South (B.A., 2000); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar. Case Note and Quantum Editor, Loyola Maritime Law Journal, 2003-2004. Thomas Moore Inn of Court. Member: Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation. Email: Pablo Gonzalez | | Jeremy Herschaft (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana, South Carolina, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1999); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2003); Tulane University (LL.M. in Admiralty, 2004). National Order of the Barristers Honorary Society. Member, South Carolina Law Moot Court. Index Editor, Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 2003-2004. Author: "Not Your Average Coffee Shop: Lloyd's of London - A Twenty-First-Century Primer on the History, Structure, and Future of the Backbone of Marine Insurance," Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Vol. 29, Summer, 2005. Co-Author: "Unique Features of Maritime Collision Law," with Robert P. McCleskey, Jr., Tulane Law Review, Vol. 79, Nos. 5 and 6, 2005. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; United States Maritime Law Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Maritime. Email: Jeremy Herschaft | | Mark W. Jeanfreau (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Louisiana; 2003, Texas. Education: Duke University (B.A., with distinction, 1997); University of Texas (J.D., 2002). Order of the Coif. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Mark W. Jeanfreau | | Michael D. Lane (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Political Science, 2002); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation. | | Sunni Jones LeBeouf (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Louisiana. Education: Southern University (B.S., cum laude, 2000); George Washington University (J.D., 2003). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Sunni Jones LeBeouf | | Sarah R. Miller (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Louisiana. Education: Washington University (B.S., 2002); Tulane University (J.D., 2006). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Catherine P. Nachman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 2001); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Crowe Scholar. Member, Staff, Moot Court Board. Member, Maritime Law Journal. Practice Areas: Insurance. Email: Catherine P. Nachman | | Eliza B. Niblock (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Louisiana. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., 1998); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Phi Delta Phi. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations. (Also at London, England Office). Practice Areas: Insurance. Email: Eliza B. Niblock | | Taryn Southon Nunes (Staff Attorney) admitted to bar, 1984, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., with honors, 1980); Tulane University (J.D., 1983). Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment (Management); Discrimination; Civil Rights Defense. Email: Taryn Southon Nunes | | Alexis A. Polk (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2004); Loyola University (J.D., 2007). Member, Order of the Barristers. Board Member and Selection Committee Chairman, 2006-2007, Loyola Moot Court. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance and Reinsurance. | | MaryJo Lovie Roberts (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: University of New Orleans (B.A., summa cum laude, 2002); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 2006). William Crowe Scholar. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law. | | Curt L. Rome (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1999; J.D., 2004). Member, Moot Court Board, Louisiana State University Law School. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; Louisiana Association of Defense Council; New Orleans Association of Defense Council. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: Curt L. Rome | | Mary Frances Lindquist Rosamond (Associate) admitted to bar, 1990, Louisiana. Education: Newcomb College (B.A., 1986); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage. Email: Mary Frances Lindquist Rosamond | | Degan Skylar Rosenbloom (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 2001); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2007). Managing Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Karl H. Schmid (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, Louisiana; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2003, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1988); Loyola University (J.D., cum laude, 1997; M.A., Mass Communication, 1997); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ph.D., Mass Communication Law, 2001). Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Sigma Nu. Park Fellow, 1997-2000. Member, Loyola Moot Court. Recipient: Award for Excellence in Study of Mass Communication Law; Teaching Excellence Award, University of North Carolina. Articles Editor, Loyola Law Review. Author: "Journalists Privilege in Criminal Proceedings: An Analysis of United States Courts of Appeals from 1973-1999," 39 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1441 (2002); "Public Broadcasting Stations Exclusion of Candidates from Debates: A Step Toward Political Independence?" 5 Comm. L. & Pol'y 115 (2000). Professor, Media Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999-2000. Law Clerk to the Honorable Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2001-2003. Law Clerk to the Honorable Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2006. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | Christopher R. Teske (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana. Education: Macalester College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, Certificate in Admiralty and Maritime Law, 2000). Member, National Environmental Appellate Moot Court Team, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000, and Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard D. Mills, U.S. Department of Labor, OALS, 2000-2001. Associate Professor of Trial Advocacy, Tulane University Law School. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation. Email: Christopher R. Teske | | Raymond T. Waid (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Louisiana. Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member, Interschool Trial Team, Moot Court. Senior Articles Editor, Maritime Law Journal, 2006-2007. President, Maritime Law Society. Member: Louisiana State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Admiralty. | | Rebecca H. Zabel (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina; 2007, Louisiana. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation. | | Dan Zimmerman (Staff Attorney) admitted to bar, 1983, Louisiana; 1985, Colorado; 1987, Texas; 1989, Wisconsin. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1976); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. | | OF COUNSEL | | John A. Bolles (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1964; LL.B., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty. Email: John A. Bolles | | George W. Healy, III (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (A.B., 1950; J.D., 1955). Phi Delta Phi. Certified Mediator. Member: New Orleans (President, 1992) and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States (President, 1992-1994); New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Comité Maritime Internacional (Titularly Member); Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; Tulane Admiralty Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; Louisiana Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Marine and Inland Marine Insurance; Mediation. Email: George W. Healy, III | | G. Edward Merritt (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 21, 1936; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1959); Loyola University Law School (LL.B., 1959). Member, Blue Key National Honor Fraternity. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Estates. Email: G. Edward Merritt | | Harry S. Redmon, Jr. (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 24, 1934; admitted to bar, 1959, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University; Louisiana State University (B.S., 1957; J.D., 1959). Phi Delta Phi. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Maritime Law Association of the United States; International Association of Defense Counsel; New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel; Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel; International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Fellow: Louisiana Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers. Email: Harry S. Redmon, Jr. | | John G. Weinmann (Of Counsel) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 29, 1928; admitted to bar, 1952, Louisiana; 1960, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1950; J.D., 1952). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, 1950-1952, and Board of Advisory Editors, 1974-1992, Tulane Law Review. Member, Board of Administrators, Tulane Educational Fund; Chair, 1993-1998; Emeritus Member, 1998—. U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1989-1991. Chief of Protocol of the United States with rank of Ambassador, 1991-1993. Member: New Orleans and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana State Law Institute; American Law Institute. | | J. Barbee Winston (Of Counsel) born Staunton, Virginia, July 8, 1925; admitted to bar, 1951, Louisiana. Education: Tulane University (B.B.A., 1949; J.D., 1951). Member, Board of Editors, Tulane Law Review, 1949-1951. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Marine and Inland Marine Insurance. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Office: City Plaza, 445 North Boulevard, Suite 701, P.O. Box 4412. Telephone: 225-346-0285. Telecopier: 225-381-9197.
Jackson, Mississippi Office: 111 East Capitol Street, Suite 600, P.O. Box 23066. Telephone: 601-352-2300. Telecopier: 601-360-9777.
Tupelo, Mississippi Office: One Mississippi Plaza, 201 South Spring Street, Seventh Floor, P.O. Box 1220. Telephone: 662-842-7907. Telecopier: 662-842-3873.
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: NorthCourt One, 2304 19th Street, Suite 300. Telephone: 228-679-1130. Telecopier: 228-679-1131.
Houston, Texas Office: Bank of America Center, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2600. Telephone: 713-626-1386. Telecopier: 713-626-1388.
Tampa, Florida Office: 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 1900. Telephone: 813-472-7550. Telecopier: 813-472-7570.
London, England Office: Lloyd's, 1 Lime Street, Suite 725, Level 7, London EC3M 7DQ England. Telephone: 011-44-207-929-4765. Telecopier: 011-44-207-929-0046.
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